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- VONA - Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation
Established in 1999 by writers and activists Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz and Diem Jones, VONA is a community-based organization that puts writers of color, their narratives, voices, and experiences at the center of all conversations
- Our Story — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
VONA honors its writers' unique histories, traditions and aesthetics and provides a protected mentoring space for learning and fellowship VONA fosters the development of personal and political writing and engages in the work of social justice as we build our global community of writers
- Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation - VONA
The pandemic lockdown allowed us to cultivate a new form of the VONA workshop, the Virtual Workshop for BIPOC writers In these sessions, participants from around the globe will come together for a week-long workshop with faculty teaching in a variety of spaces and places
- Board — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
Her short stories and essays have appeared in ZYZZYVA, BuzzFeed, Guernica, and The New York Times She is a VONA Alum Christine's pronouns are they she “VONA is where I learned that I am not alone Where I learned purpose behind my writing And to build a ladder behind me ”
- Summer 2025 Online Workshops — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
Each summer VONA gathers esteemed faculty to work with emerging writers of color to explore elements of craft, issues of culture, works of social justice and practices of literary production VONA’s founders created the workshops for those underserved and unable to find writing communities of color outside of academic institutions
- Writing Workshops FAQ — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
VONA offers summer week-long programs and shorter intensives and talks throughout the year Typical week-long programs include workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, political content, travel writing, and tv screenwriting
- Contemporary Humor Writing 2024 — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
PAWA has been supporting VONA writers since 2011 Nia Ita is a bilingual speech-language pathologist working in the NYC public school system She has dedicated her life to working with students with disabilities and amplifying the voices of those who often go unheard
- Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation - VONA
It's never been more important for our voices to be heard, our stories told If you're ready for the world to hear yours, enroll in VONA's first ever memoir generator today
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